Tuesday, October 31

Oh, I am a travelin' man...

Verification of funding for year two of the program came through on September 15th, so I began a feverish round of school tours. It took about a week to get everything set up, and then I was on the road for the last week of September and throughout October. I was home for two Fridays in October, but otherwise I was on the road every working day. Our year end comes March 31st, and our budget approval only came Sept 15th, so there's a lot of time to make up—not a good system! Two of my schools get a fly-in trip this time, and the second one was more eventful than expected. We flew in one Monday morning, and we supposed to fly out Tuesday evening. Alas, fog had rolled in and the float plane could not come. So we began rearranging. Eventually we booked a trip on the VIA rail that cruises through the community at a theoretical time of 10:30pm. We boarded at 12:30am and finally got back to Armstrong and bed by 2am. Another not good system! Otherwise things are progressing well at the schools, although there remains much to be done. We need to catch up on the OnSIS reporting system from last year, and then I can begin rollout of our new Student Management System. Aren't we all excited!? All together my little schools cover about 1500 km of northern Ontario wilderness. It's Canadian Shield so there are rocky outcroppings everywhere and lakes over every hill. Of course it reminds me of Yellowknife, but a lot warmer! I'm still golfing here at the end of October; I just wish I'd had more free days to get out!